Role Description
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients. At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
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Support development and execution of patient-focused medical strategies that maximize the value proposition of Amgen's therapies.
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Contribute to cross functional stakeholder teams in shaping the healthcare ecosystem.
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Synthesize and integrate insights to deliver medical inputs into relevant cross-regional/functional strategies.
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Foster and enhance collaboration and coordination across Medical.
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Contribute to strategy development for scientific engagement across a broad range of stakeholders.
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Lead/support relationships with external healthcare community, including interactions with opinion leaders, payers, and societies.
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Develop/support and lead/support execution of the strategy for medical evidence generation.
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Foster Amgen‘s reputation as a science-based, innovative, and patient-focused reliable partner.
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Develop and/or contribute to execution of advocacy plans and strategies.
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Partner with/support Global Regulatory Affairs and Safety (GRAAS) in risk management/minimization activities.
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Member and Medical representative of relevant leadership, governance, and cross functional teams.
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May develop and manage medical product budget.
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Recruit, retain, coach, mentor, motivate, and develop talent, as appropriate.
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Ensure conduct of medical activities in full compliance of all laws, regulations, and SOPs.
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Ensure product/disease state/pipeline specific medical training where appropriate.
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Ensure appropriate clinical trial conduct as a key medical interface.
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Provide strategic input into labels/regulatory/reimbursement/policy/promotional used to support internal/external interactions.
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Determine scientific/medical subject matter appropriateness of labels/regulatory/reimbursement/policy/promotional and medical deliverables.
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Contribute to strategy development for, review, approve and ensure dissemination of medical communications and related activities.
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Provide support and leadership of advisory boards and other relevant meetings.
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Lead/support the development of data interpretation, analysis, and communication for medical executed studies.
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Provide decision on IME, Donations, medical grants, and sponsorships, where appropriate.
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Utilize global infrastructure for tracking, measuring, and evaluating performance.
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Understand the expectations of key external stakeholders to support appropriate access to Amgen therapies.
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Facilitates Investigator Sponsored Studies through Amgen governance and manages study lifecycle.
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Contribute to lifecycle management plan.
Qualifications
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Master’s degree in health-related discipline (MD, PharmD, RN, BSc, MSc, or equivalent) and 2 years of experience in Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, Medical Advisor, or a related function within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
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Or Bachelor’s degree in health-related discipline (MD, PharmD, RN, BSc, MSc, or equivalent) and 4 years of experience in Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, Medical Advisor, or a related function within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry.
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Advanced proficiency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal.
Requirements
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Network of medical and clinical contacts in product/therapeutic area (Bone Health).
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Demonstrated ability as a medical expert in a complex matrix environment.
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Pharmaceutical product development, product lifecycle, and commercialization process knowledge.
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Experience in regional/local medical practice and healthcare ecosystems.
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Skilled at engagement, scientific exchange with external medical community.
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Clinical research experience.
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In-depth understanding of the scientific method and clinical applications.
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Familiarity with concepts of clinical research and clinical trial design, including biostatistics.
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Sound scientific and clinical judgement.
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Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP), region regulations and guidelines.
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Familiarity of local pharmaceutical industry and legal/health system environment.
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Skilled at effectively presenting ideas and documenting complex medical/clinical concepts.
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History of solving problems while exhibiting superior judgment.
Benefits
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Competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans aligned with local industry standards.